North Bay Police are reporting a couple of incidents involving so-called “creepy clowns”.

Police say at 6 pm yesterday (Wednesday) they were contacted about a person dressed as a clown on the Kate Pace Way, crouching in the bushes near the fire station and scaring three kids on bicycles.

The suspect was gone when police arrived.  The person was wearing a red shirt, black pants and a clown mask.

 

Meantime, police say they were contacted just after 8:30 pm last Thursday (October 6th) about three people dressed as clowns behind West Ferris School, near the sandpit.

The area was extensively checked by police at the time, but the suspects had left the scene.

 

Police say that dressing up as a clown is not against the law, but police can charge a person if there are grounds to believe he or she committed acts of mischief, or threatened, assaulted, or harassed others.

Charges can be filed under the Trespass to Property Act or City of North Bay Municipal Bylaw as it applies to City parks, which the public is prohibited from accessing after midnight.